aberr

English

Etymology

Latin aberrō (“go astray; err”), from ab (“from, away from”) +‎ errō (“stray”).

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /əˈbɜɹ/

Verb

aberr (third-person singular simple present aberrs, present participle aberring, simple past and past participle aberred)

(intransitive, obsolete) To go astray; to err. [Attested from the mid 16^th century until the mid 17^th century.][1]
(transitive, rare) Distort; aberrate. [First attested in the late 19^th century.][1]

References

“aberr” in Lesley Brown, editor, The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 3.

Anagrams

Barre, Berra, Raber, barer, barre, rebar

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